Merry Christmas (October Stamp of the Month)

This October Stamp of the Month - Holiday Magis is such a great set!  I will have loads of examples to show you this month, so I hope they inspire you to think about your Christmas cards.  It's always nice to get a jump on them!

I received this card in the mail from my dear friend and upline Karen.  You'll want to visit her blog as she is just so talented! 

What a pretty card!  She has captured the trend in this card by adding the black.  I am so glad that she embossed the cranberry and black cardstock to give me an example of another way to use this set.  Thank you so much Karen for sending me this card!!

Close To My Heart items used that can be found on my website:
1386 Black Cardstock
1272 Cranberry Cardstock
S1110 October Stamp of the Month - Holiday Magic
D1477 Universal Backgrounds stamp set
A1115 A Holiday stamp set
X254 White Daisy Card Value Pack
Z891 Versamark Ink Pad
Z673 White Daisy Embossing Powder
Z1616 Olive Ribbon
Z1335 Licorice Opaque Gems

Close To My Heart "Hope for Japan" Stamp Set

You all know that even though I am not a consultant any more, Close To My Heart remains very close to my heart.  This beautiful stamp set is being sold for $5 in order to benefit the people in Japan.  100% of the profits will go straight to the American Red Cross.  I think that this is one of the most generous gestures!!  The pictures we have seen in the papers, online, and in the news have been horrific.  What a nice way to help in a very small way that will accumulate to help others in a very large way.
If you don't have a consultant, I would like to direct you to my dear friend, Karen Pedersen and her blog.  You can shop on her website to order this set.  You can either enter #A1118 or click on  Hope for Japan  under the Shop Online tab.  There is no limit so if you need gifts for crafting buddies, this would be a great buy!  I will be leaving a link on my left sidebar so that you will not have to search for this post.  I can hardly wait to see all the beautiful projects that will be created with this set knowing how much heart went into the designing of the set!!